Report BMW Orders 312,000 Vehicle Recall

[Betty Swollocks]

Surprised this wasn't posted already, unless I've missed it.

BMW is extending a UK recall of its cars after the BBC's Watchdog found that vehicles could cut out completely while they are being driven.

It is recalling 312,000 vehicles: the BMW 1 Series, the 3 Series, the Z4 and its X1 petrol and diesel models made between March 2007 and August 2011.

BMW initially recalled 36,410 petrol cars last year over safety issues.

It said it now recognised there may have been similar problems in cars not covered by the first recall.

The German carmaker initially recalled cars in the UK after Narayan Gurung, who was travelling with his wife on Christmas Day in 2016, died when their Ford Fiesta crashed into a tree to avoid a broken-down BMW in Guildford, Surrey.

www.bbc.com/news/business-44050686

 

[Matski]

I've not read the full recall notice, but the first thing that jumps to my mind, is how many people probably spent an arm and a leg at the dealership trying to get them to rectify an intermittent stalling fault since then? I've had such a problem (though not with a car covered by this recall) and it's a f****ing pain in the ass.

Still fair play to them for fixing cars over a decade old, maybe to fix it they can just stick a "beta" label on the ignition.

 

[Mars1965]

You're not the only one. Having serious airco problems with my G31 and after a software upgrade and some isolation parts removed still no solution. Lasting almost a year now.